Konrad Lorenz

ABOUT KONRAD LORENZ

Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist who won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and is considered one of the founders of modern ethology.

He started a premedical curriculum at Columbia University in 1922 and studied at the University of Vienna in 1923.

He released a number of well-known books including King Solomon's Ring and On Aggression.

His father, Adolf Lorenz, is the one who encouraged him to study medicine.

He was inspired as a child by Selma Lagerlof 's book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.